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== Faithfully Execute the Laws ==

== Faithfully Execute the Laws ==

Article II, §3, requires that the president “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”<ref>Often people use the symbol "§" to mean "Section", as in Article II, §3.</ref>  It is this provision that many conservatives feel Obama has repeatedly violated by refusing to enforce some laws (such as laws against illegal immigration) and by changing other laws to be different from what Congress passed (such as Obama's changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare).

Article II, §3, requires that the president “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”<ref>Often people use the symbol "§" to mean "Section", as in "Article II, §3."</ref>  It is this provision that many conservatives feel Obama has repeatedly violated by refusing to enforce some laws (such as laws against illegal immigration) and by changing other laws to be different from what Congress passed (such as Obama's changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare).

But it is difficult for anyone to successfully sue the president when he fails to "faithfully execute[]" the laws as required by Article II, Section 3.  Instead, courts are likely to hold that a citizens lacks legal "standing" to complain about a failure to enforce the laws by the president, especially when the citizen is not directly harmed by the government inaction or action.

But it is difficult for anyone to successfully sue the president when he fails to "faithfully execute[]" the laws as required by Article II, Section 3.  Instead, courts are likely to hold that a citizens lacks legal "standing" to complain about a failure to enforce the laws by the president, especially when the citizen is not directly harmed by the government inaction or action.